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Museo Soumaya, Mexico
Plaza Loreto
Avenida Revolución y Río Magdalena, Eje 10 sur
Col. Tizapán, San Angel
C.P. 01090, México, D.F
Tel. +52 - 56 - 16 3731/3761/0680/2120
Fax +52 - 55 - 50 6620 - Plaza Loreto
With over 130 sculptures by Rodin, the Soumaya owns the most
extensive Rodin collection in South America and one of the largest in
the world.
To make this large collection accessable to the public, the Museum
has featured the exhibition Auguste
Rodin - Los volúmenes del hombre, las formas del genio, consisting
of 26 Rodin works and additional works by Camille Claudel, E. A.
Bourdelle, Edgar Degas and Honoré Daumier.
The exhibition was meant to travel through Mexico, to the new
Cultural Centre in Villahermosa, Tabasco, and to the Cultural Center
Santo Domingo in Oaxaca.
Some of the Rodin works featured:
Burghers of Calais, Maquette, bronze
Jean d'Aire
Pierre de Wissant
The Thinker, 1880-81
The Kiss, 1886
Eve, marble
Eternal Springtime, bronze
Ariadne, 1889
Death of Adonis, 1888, marble
Great Clenched Hand (Right Hand of Pierre
de Wissant), 1884-88, bronze
Psyche,
contemplating Amor, marble
The Cathedral, 1908
Dance Study 'A'
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